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■Wednesday, February 26, 1992
The Battalion
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ANTHONY
ANDRO
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T hank goodness it's February be
cause college basketball's
"March Madness" will really be
crazy this year.
This season, unlike the last couple
of years, there is no dominant team in
college hoops. Sure, there are the
Duke's and the Kansas's and the Indi
ana's, but no one team that really
stands out. I guess the only thing any
one can be sure of is that the Texas
A&M team will not figure in the post
season hoopla.
Two years ago, UNLV was the
dominant team. They were the best
team in the nation throughout the
season and proved it in the tourna
ment by mowing through the field
and beating Duke in the champi
onship game.
Last season, it looked like the Run-
nin' Rebels would be the team to beat
once again. They cruised through the
season and ran over their opponents
in the first four games of the tourna
ment. But in the Final Four, they
were upset by the same Duke team
they beat the year before. Duke went
on to finish off Kansas to win the na
tional title. That was back in the good
old days when things made sense.
My how times have changed.
This season has gone anything but
according to script. That is unless
you play for A&M. The Aggies were
supposed to struggle and they have.
But other than that, it's anyone's ball-
game.
A month ago things seemed to be
normal. Duke, Oklahoma State and
See Andro/Page 6
A&M, SHSU play at Olsen today
The Battalion News Services
Texas A&M's game against Sam
Houston State Uni
versity will be played
today at 3:30 p.m. at
Olsen Field, barring
inciimate weather.
The game was
moved to College
Station because of the wet weather and
the better field conditions of A&M's field.
The Aggies, who are 9-4 on the sea
son and 4-2 in Southwest Conference
play, are ranked No. 24 in the nation by
The Lady Aggies' softball doubleheader against
UT-Ariington scheduled for today has been
postponed due to the weather.
It has been rescheduled for March 4. The first
game will begin at 5 p.m. at Lady Aggie Reid
Baseball America.
Sam Houston State is 1-4 on the sea
son, with their only win coming against
the University of Illinois. The Bearkats
scheduled starting
pitcher is Peter
Schandua, a left
hander with an 0-1
record.
Kelly Wunsch,
(0-0, 2.70 ERA,) a
lefthander from Houston, is scheduled to
start for the Aggies.
The matchup with the Bearkats will be
the final game of a six-game homestand
for the Aggies.
Aggies 'have to' take win from Rice
The Battalion News Services
The future is now for the Texas A&M
women's basketball team.
If the Lady Aggies win their final two
Southwest Conference games, they can
finish in a tie for third place, making
1992 their most successful season ever.
A&M plays the Rice Owls tonight at
G. Rollie White Coliseum at 7:30.
"We consider our next two games
'have to' games," A&M head coach
Lynn Hickey said. "If we want a chance
to tie Houston for third in the confer
ence, we have to win these games. If we
do, that's icing on the cake.
"We have an opportunity to move up
in the standings and have great momen
tum going into the conference tourna
ment."
The Aggies are currently in a fourth-
place tie with SMU at 6-5, while the
Owls are in sixth place at 3-7. A&M is
14-10 overall, and me Owls are 11-12.
The Aggies are coming off a 92-65
win over Baylor last week in Waco
where they shot 52.1 percent from the
See Lady Aggies/Page 6
Enthusiasm, improvement propel
walk-on Henderson into starting role
By Anthony Andro
The Battalion
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KARL STOLLEIS/The Battalion
Chuck Henderson is one of five walk-ons on
the A&M basketball team this season.
A walk-on is a player who plays
for a team and does not receive
a scholarship. Usually, walk-
ons in basketball do not see any action
until the game has all but been decided
on the scoreboard.
Texas A&M basketball player
Chuck Henderson is a walk-on in title
only. Henderson, a sophomore guard
for the Aggies, has used a strong work
ethic to make himself a starter for the
young Aggie team.
A&M coach Tony Barone lauded
Henderson's excitement for basketball.
"Chuck is a young man, and I told
the team this yesterday, if all of our
guys came to practice with the same
enthusiasm that he comes with each
day, we'd be in good shape," Barone
said. "Chuck really loves to play bas
ketball.
"He has really spent an entire year
listening to us and trying to develop as
a major college basketball player."
Henderson's work has paid off
with the starting role. He has started
the last nine games for the Aggies and
in that stretch has averaged eight
points a game. This season he is aver
aging 5.8 points a contest.
The statistics show the improve
ment Henderson has made since last
season, his first as a walk-on.
Henderson averaged 1.1 points a
game during the 1990-91 season and
played in 18 games without drawing a
starting assignment.
Despite his recent success, Barone
still sees room for growth in Hender
son's play.
"I'd call Chuck a park league player
because he has all the park league
moves," Barone said. "Sometimes he
has a tendency to get out of control, but
he has really played well for us.
"He's worked real hard offensively
and worked real hard defensively.
He's going to have to work on the
weights and get stronger, but I think
he's a very good player for us."
Henderson said ne tries to put forth
more effort than other players because
of his walk-on status.
"In a sense I do," Henderson said.
"But that's just normal because I am an
enthusiastic person and an emotional
person. It's just natural for me to cheer
and get the guys going."
Early in the season, Henderson got
down because of his lack of playing
time. But that has since changed.
"I think I've played pretty good so
far," he said. "In the beginning, I think
I was down because I wasn't playing as
much or as well as I wanted to.
"I just started trying to work harder
in practice and everything just seemed
to work out O.K."
Unfortunately for Henderson,
A&M's NCAA probation cut the
amount of scholarships to two that the
Aggies could give out for next season.
Henderson did not receive one but still
plans to play for the Aggies.
"I just feel like whatever I can do to
help the team is to keep playing," he
said. "The scholarship doesn't really
matter.
"I'm playing now and that was my
main goal, to come to this University
and get an education and play basket
ball.'^
Tonight, Henderson and the rest of
the Aggies will travel to Houston to
take on the Rice Owls.
A&M enters tonights game 5-17
record, 1-8 in Southwest Conference ac
tion. The Owls are 17-8, 5-5 in SWC
play. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. at
Autry Court on the campus of Rice.
The game will be a homecoming for
Henderson and his younger brother
Corey, a freshman guard for A&M.
The Henderson's went to Houston
Lee High School and the elder Hender
son is looking forward to playing in
front of a home crowd.
"I have a lot of friends coming to
the game and I will be especially ready
to play against Rice," he said.
Like most walk-ons, Henderson
had to prove himself in practice. Hen
derson has done so, now he is proving
things on the court.
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Please answer the following questions as completely as possible. If the
Aggieland staff chooses to use your answer, you will be quoted in the yearbook. After
you have answered the questions, please return your answers to the Aggieland Office in 011
Reed McDonald ASAP. Include your name, classification, major, and phone number with
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1. What was your most outrageous party stunt while attending A&M?
2. What is the strangest place you have ever gone to the bathroom while at A&M?
3. Where do you go out to have fun and why do you go there?
4. Have you had a homesick experience while attending A&M? Please describe.
5. What will you do after graduation?
6. Where would be the ideal place for you to live after graduation?
7. What is your favorite building on campus and why?
8. What is the most exciting thing you have done while you have been at A&M?
9. What is the most spontaneous thing you have done while at A&M.
10. Have you had any long distance relationships while attending A&M? How did it
turn out?
11. What will you remember most about A&M after graduation?
12. What does Aggie Bonfire mean to you?
13. (Seniors) How did it feel to walk through the H20 fountain during Elephant
WalkA\(Juniors) Describe what you did to the seniors during Elephant Walk.
14. Describe what Aggie spirit means to you.
15. How did you feel when the Aggies beat SMU and confirmed going to the Cotton
Bowl?
16. Describe the emotion at the 1991 Lu. game.
17. How did you christen your Aggie ring? How long did it take, etc.
18. What are your feelings about the sexual harrassment issue in the Corps?
19. Was senior bootline worth the wait? Why or why not?
20. Have you ever participated in roll call at Aggie Muster? What was it like?